wo large playground structures
in Fighting Creek Park are closed
and scheduled to be dismantled
by the end of the month, officials

said.
The large structures in the park’s
wooded playground area were monitored
this winter and spring because of possible
rotting to the wooden posts that support it,
Mark Piper, Powhatan County’s facilities
manager, said.
The structures are more than a decade
old, and the pressure-treated wood posts
that were popular at the time they were installed have deteriorated with normal wear
and tear, he said.
The public works department looked
into possibly doing repairs to see if it
could keep the structure in good condition. But when they went to start the re-

pairs, employees noticed there was much
more rot to the posts than was originally
thought, he said.
Some posts had gotten to the point
“We felt it would be a danger to
where they had rotted all the way
through, compromising the equipallow the public and children to
ment’s structural integrity.
play on the structures.”
“We felt it would be a danger to allow the public and children to play on
the structures,” Piper said.
Mark Piper
The multi-climbing structures have
Powhatan County facilities manager
been closed with caution tape and signs
placed all around them since May 14
and are expected to be dismantled by the
end of June, he said. One of them was
aimed at ages 2 to 5 while the other was
for children ages 5 to 12.
The other playground equipment in the
park is made of metal and is still safe for
children to use, Pat Weiler, county adminPHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND
istrator, said.
The playground is located near a picnic Two large playground structures in Fighting Creek Park are closed
see PARK page 2A

Improved cell service closer
due to supervisors’ action
By Laura McFarland
News Editor

S

ome Powhatan County residents
are one step closer to getting
better cell phone coverage.
The Powhatan County
Board of Supervisors voted on Monday,
June 2, to approve a conditional use permit for a proposed 195-foot monopole
tower on Manakintown Ferry Road that
is expected to boost service for some
cell phone users in the area with the potential for more to be affected at a later
date.
County community development di-

Christmas
Mother program
needs new home
By Laura McFarland
News Editor

T

he
Powhatan
Christmas Mother Everyday program might have
to undergo major changes
if it can’t find a new home
soon.
The local nonprofit had
to move out of the War
Memorial Building on
May 15 after an agreement
was reached between Powhatan County and a local
group to turn it into a cultural arts center. That left
the Christmas Everyday
Committee, which runs
the program, with two
storage units full of all its
belongings and no idea
where to go next, Sandy
Shelton of Powhatan, a
committee member, said.
The program’s busiest
season is in the fall as it
readies for Christmas,
when it provides gifts of
clothes, toiletries, toys,
household goods and food
to more than 250 local
see HOME page 4A

and scheduled to be dismantled by the end of the month because
they have been deemed unsafe for use by children or adults.

Congratulations to the
Powhatan Class of 2014!

rector March Altman presented the final
proposal for the permit requested by
SBA Communications Corporation, the
company planning to build the tower.
At this time, the county has been informed that Verizon is the only service
provider that has committed to locate on
the tower, he said, but added that SBA
“is required by the conditions of the
(conditional use permit) to allow additional providers to co-locate on the tower.”
That means good news for Verizon
customers when the tower at 2171

PHOTOS BY ANJIE HENLEY

see CELL page 2A

Relay for Life

Community joins for cancer fight
By Laura McFarland
News Editor

V.G. Palmore Jr.
doesn’t dwell on the
fact that he has cancer.
He has work to do as
a local carpenter and a
family to be with, and
he refuses to be defined
by a disease that is attacking his body.
But for a few minutes on Saturday, May
31, the Powhatan native
took time to acknowledge one aspect of the
disease — that he has
survived it once and
plans to do so again.
“It’s not gone, but,
as the doctor said,
hopefully it’s on the
run,” he said.
Palmore, 62, was
one of dozens of men,
women and children
who participated in the
survivor walk at the
county’s Relay For Life
held at Powhatan Junior
High School.
Several hundred par-

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PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Top, mortarboards take to the air as Powhatan High School’s 2014
graduates celebrate after Saturday’s commencement ceremonies.
Center, the JROTC provided a “Bridge of Swords.” Below, Tre Talifero
looks to the audience as he holds his diploma. Bottom, a program
from the ceremony is surrounded by flowers.

V.G. Palmore Jr. was
one of the dozens of
cancer survivors who
introduced themselves
and what kind of
cancer they have
survived to participants
of the Powhatan Relay
for Life.

ticipants spent the day
holding
fundraisers,
walking laps, celebrating life, and remembering those taken too soon
by cancer.
It was Palmore’s first
time at a Relay event,
although he originally

Evan Pfab
Co-valedictorian

Catherine Broyles
Co-valedictorian
PHOTOS: CANDID COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Evan Michael Pfab and Catherine Paige
“Catie” Broyles graduated on Saturday
as co-valedictorians of the Powhatan
High School Class of 2014. More on the
honor graduates can be found in a special
commencement section in today’s edition.

see RELAY page 3A

Sports
B1 Powhatan varsity
softball falls one game
short of the state
tournament

According to Larry Johns, Powhatan
County Public Schools’ assistant superintendent of finance, business operations,
and transportation, based on the current
numbers, the school division could have
about $50,000 left over when the fiscal
year ends on June 30.
That’s despite an expected $200,000
decrease in revenue, due in large part to
the school district’s actual enrollment
falling about 34 students short of what

was originally projected, Johns told the
Powhatan County School Board at a May
27 meeting.
“I will caution you, these are projections at this point,” Dr. Eric Jones, superintendent, told the board.
Johns added that some costs, like
power bills, fuel and substitute teachers,
can vary wildly from year to year, changing projections significantly. Unexpected
maintenance costs, like those associated
with a major mechanical failure, could
also impact the bottom line. That said,
Johns told the board he feels confident

the school division will end the year with
some amount of money left over, not in
the red.
Some equipment purchases are put off
until the end of the year to ensure the
school division doesn’t go over budget,
Johns said.
If money is left over, the School Board
could consider buying extra “computer
on wheels” racks to bring technology to
the classrooms, Johns noted.
In addition, the School Board has previously discussed paying school librarians a per-day price to work beyond the

end of the school year closing out their
libraries, so those facilities can stay open
until the last day of school.
The board did the same thing at the
beginning of the school year, allowing librarians to come in early and prepare materials to allow media centers to be open
by the first day of school.
Vice chairman James Kunka, District
2, pointed out that the projected surplus is
just .1 percent of the current year’s $42.3
million budget.
“To come that close without going
over still amazes me,” Kunka said.

Library to kick oﬀ ‘Paws to Read’ summer program on Thursday
By Laura McFarland
News Editor

P

owhatan County is ready to put
some books in the hands of young
readers this summer.
Powhatan County Public
Schools and the Powhatan County Public
Library will launch their joint summer
reading program, “Paws to Read! Passport

to Summer Reading,” at 6 p.m. Thursday,
June 12 with a kickoff party for readers of
all ages.
Library director Peggy Martin hopes to
top last year’s participation of almost 350
readers with a variety of programming,
summer reading logs, and prizes to win.
The program, which runs through Aug.
31, is designed to keep children reading so
they don’t lose vocabulary in the months

before school starts back again.
“It is basically so they don’t lose ground
in the summer. When they get back to
school, they have reading skills that are
able to take them on to the next grade,” she
said.
All of the events are free and open to
the public.
Registration is open online, and children may start logging their first book on

Cell
Continued from page 1A

PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Siblings Timothy Broughton (from left), 3, Kristen,
4, and Kendall, 6, all of Powhatan, play in Fighting
Creek Park near two playground structures that
have been closed and will be removed because
their wooden support posts are rotting.

Park
Continued from page 1A

pavilion with the park
trails still open, so “there
are still amenities at the
park that can be used by
our citizens.”
Public works has been
fielding calls the last few
weeks from residents
wondering what is wrong
with the structures, Piper
said.
“Once it has been explained, almost everyone
I have talked to has understood the reasons for
shutting it down. Then
everyone wants to know
how long until it will be

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replaced because it is a
popular place,” he said.
Right now, the county
doesn’t know.
For the replacements,
the county would go
with playground equipment with steel posts,
which would cost about
$30,000 each to replace
for a total of $60,000,
Weiler said.
The county will be
looking for grant money
that could be used to help
fund the replacements,
she said. Possible sources include state agencies,
federal grants, and even
privately funded grants.
“We will be looking at
all of those options.”

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Manakintown Ferry Road goes up
in District 1 with the potential for
increased coverage if other cell
phone providers commit to using
the tower.
The proposed tower will reduce
the need for additional towers in the
area by offering co-location opportunities.
The county has not been informed by SBA of a construction
timeline, Altman said.
The board had only positive remarks for the proposed tower.
Barry Hodge, District 3, Powhatan County Board of Supervisors, abstained from the vote because he had
previously represented the landowner as an attorney in dealings with
SBA.
However, he said he didn’t see
any problems with the proposal.
“I am glad maybe some citizens
will get some additional coverage
down there finally. I know we have
areas in the county where there is
not good coverage. That still is a
complaint in certain parts of my district,” he said.
David Williams, who represents
District 1, pointed out that everyone
has a cell phone today and the devices are becoming the primary
point of contact for people as they
disconnect their land lines.
For emergency purposes, they are
a necessity.
“Everybody carries a cell phone
when they go hunting. They carry
it when they are traveling. It has
become part of what we do,” he
said.
That said, Powhatan County has

the library’s website, www.powhatanlibrary.net, starting Thursday.
The kickoff party will be a chance to
have children receive their first free book
of the summer and meet characters such as
Nutzy from the Flying Squirrels, the
Chick-fil-A Cow, and Powhatan Volunteer
Fire Department Company 1’s pet, she
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dead zones and dropped calls have
become almost a foregone conclusion, he said.
“If I am talking to my chairman
and we are both at a standstill, he in
his kitchen and me in my kitchen,
we are going to get dropped. It
might take 10 minutes, but we are
going to get dropped. Then we are
going to reconnect and 10 minutes
later we are going to be dropped
again.”
Williams made the motion to
approve the permit based on public necessity, convenience, general
welfare and good zoning practice.
The vote passed with three positives and one abstention. Bill
Melton, District 4, was absent.
Brennen Keene of Richmond, attorney for SBA, said every resident
within 1.5 miles of the proposed site
was invited to a community meeting
to give their input and many offered
letters in support of it.
“This is one of the few times I
have come to a community meeting and actually been asked to
make the tower taller to get better
coverage in the area. That is how
sincere the interest was in making
the coverage in this corridor better,” Keene said.
The total proposed lease area is
10,000 square feet, and is located
on a 268.71-acre piece of property
owned by Myrtle Helen McCoy
Holland of Tappanannock.
It will be located about 400 feet
from Manakintown Ferry Road, on
the west side.
Because the tower is less than
200 feet high, the Federal Aviation
Administration won’t require it to
be lighted.
The Powhatan County Planning

Commission signed off on the proposal at a May 6 meeting, voting
4-1 to recommend Board of Supervisors approval, according to a report by Altman.
Commissioner Richard Ayers,
District 5, cast the lone vote in opposition.
At the meeting, one citizen spoke
in opposition, saying he did not
want to have to look at the tower
from his property.
Seven citizens who live near the
site, which is located in District 1,
wrote letters to the county in support of the proposal.
Those letters were included in
information packets prepared for
supervisors.
During the meeting, Altman
once again showed photos of a
balloon test done March 27 that
used a tethered balloon to demonstrate the height and visibility of
the tower.
The test showed that it will have
minimal visual impact on the residential and other properties in the
area.
As part of the permit, the county
stipulated 10 regular and seven special conditions SBA has to adhere
to, he said.
The company is required to submit an annual report on the tower’s
usage and if it is not used or the license is not renewed for one year, it
shall be removed.
One special condition is that the
company has to make an effort to
preserve hardwood trees within 100
feet as they are unless they are dead
and diseased.
SBA also will plant evergreen
trees around the perimeter of the
tower immediately outside the
fenced compound.

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County billing practices will be
up for discussion at the Monday, June 16, meeting of the
Powhatan County Board of Supervisors.
Powhatan County staff members introduced several “housekeeping items”
at a June 2 meeting pertaining to local
fees or billing issues.
Two proposed amendments to current county ordinances would bring
changes to current rates while the third
would update an ordinance on emergency services billing so it matches
current procedures.
The public can weigh in on the proposed changes at the meeting at 7 p.m.
on June 16 in the Village Building auditorium at 3910 Old Buckingham Road.
During the June 2 meeting, Johnny
Melis, the county’s utilities manager,
introduced an ordinance change for an
8 percent increase in the commodity
water rate for county customers.
A commodity charge is the portion
of a customer’s bill that is based on actual water usage.
Powhatan County buys its water
from Chesterfield County, which recently passed its own 8 percent commodity charge increase, he said.
Powhatan’s estimated cost increase
will be $17,300.
The proposed change would raise
Powhatan’s rate from $3.44 per 1,000
gallons of water to $4.56, bringing in
an estimated $17,400 revenue from
customers to bridge the gap.
“We fall in between Henrico and
Aqua Virginia, who is also a service

PHOTOS BY LAURA MCFARLAND

Above left, Johnny Melis, Powhatan County’s utilities manager, discusses an
ordinance change for an 8 percent increase in the commodity water rate for
county customers. Charla Schubert, right, the county’s new director of finance
and administration, introduces a change proposed to the county’s false alarm
fees for burglary and robbery alarm systems.

provider here in the county,” Melis said.
Most of the customers affected by the
change are commercial or schools, he
said. The county has 78 accounts, with a
breakdown of 69 business accounts, five
meters serving two schools, three residential accounts and one account serving a county building.
Residential customers account for
less than 1 percent of the total water usage on county accounts, he said.
Charla Schubert, the county’s new director of finance and administration, addressed a change proposed to the county’s false alarm fees for burglary and
robbery alarm systems.

The ordinance addressing the fees for
false alarms going off within a 180-day
period was one of the first Schubert reviewed after she was hired in May, she
said. “I determined that the fee schedule
that was in place made it very difficult to
bill properly.”
She said she researched false alarm
ordinances in surrounding localities for
comparison and discussed the fee structure with Pat Weiler, county administrator, and Sheriff Gregory Neal.
Under the current ordinance, the false
alarm fees start at $25 for the first false
alarm and gradually increase until a
jump from $85 for the fifth call to $500

for six or more calls, she said.
The proposed change would have no
fee for the first two false alarms, charge
$100 for the third to fifth, and keep
$500 for six or more, she said.
“It makes the fees easier for businesses and individuals to understand. It
is a simpler structure and that is where
we want to go with that,” she said.
Schubert also introduced amendments to an ordinance related to the
fees, billing and collections for emergency services.
On March 19, 2012, the Board of
Supervisors adopted the emergency
medical transport fees ordinance for
billing in the county to have a compassionate billing process for county residents, she said.
“In that action, the ability to bill uninsured county residents was completely removed,” Schubert said.
She proposed amending the ordinance for the current code to add uninsured county residents back — giving
the county the ability to bill them —
and add a compassionate billing policy
allowing the county administrator discretion to write off fees for financial
need.
Weiler said staff reviewed notes in
the county attorney’s office when the
ordinance was approved in 2012 and
felt it was the board of supervisors’ intent in 2012 to have a compassionate
billing process.
“But we do need to bill the uninsured county residents so that we do get
insurance information from them or we
do confirm that they don’t have insurance information,” she said.
David Williams, who represents
District 1, agreed that was the original
intent of the ordinance.

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planned to go in 2013. At
the time, he was undergoing chemotherapy for his
first fight with mantle cell
lymphoma and had a
treatment that day.
“It fatigues you. I was
going to lay down for a
quick nap and 12 hours
later is when I got up.”
Polly Mullins, chair of
the local Relay For Life
program, encouraged him
to try again this year and
he did, attending with
Anita, his wife of 39
years. Until cancer struck
him, Palmore admits that
Relay was something he
heard about but hadn’t attended.
“Now that it has gotten this close to your family, you go up and meet
other people. You try not
to trade war stories but
just support one another,”
he said.
Relay For Life events
offer people a chance to
show how much they care
about people who are
fighting the disease and

want to be part of making
sure a cure is found, Ruth
Boatwright, team captain
for the Friends and Family for a Cure team, said.
Boatwright is a breast
cancer survivor, and, like
Palmore, she tries not to
think about it too much.
“I know what V.G. has
gone through and is still
going through, but I still
see the person he is and
what he has meant to this
community.”
Palmore was born and
raised in Powhatan and
apprenticed with his late
father, Vivian Palmore, to
become a carpenter.
After he received his
first cancer diagnosis in
August 2012 and started
treatment, he decided to
keep working. Even when
he wasn’t operating at
100 percent, he said he
stayed busy.
“If you just sit there
idle, your mind dwells on
what’s wrong and if you
are going to get better and
you get depressed,” he
said.
It has helped that his
family has stayed positive and treated him nor-

mally. “They just feel everything is going to be
alright.”
After surgery and chemotherapy, doctors told
Palmore in January 2013
that he was in remission.
Then that August, his
neck started swelling —
the cancer was back. He
started chemotherapy and
radiation a few weeks
later and the cancer has
been shrinking, he said.
Being diagnosed with
cancer has been eyeopening, Palmore said. It
wasn’t only the personal
effect it has had on him
— he remembered wearing his hat a great deal
more after losing his
hair.
He said he was amazed
when he went in for treatments to see the wide
range of people of all
ages there for treatment,
too.
Seeing others going
through the same battle
gave him strength to keep
his spirits up.
“You can’t get depressed or feel down because that makes it
worse.”

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families in need, especially
children and the elderly,
she said.
That kind of operation
requires a large, secure location from which to operate, and efforts to locate
one that meets their needs
and their budget have been
unsuccessful so far, Shelton said. That spells “drastic changes, possibly cuts
to programming” unless
they find a place.
“Somebody might get
cut out because we can’t
get everything in a little
hole somewhere. Wouldn’t
that be a shame?” Shelton

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Members of the Powhatan Christmas Everyday Committee joined together May 15 to move the
Christmas Mother program’s belongings out of the War Memorial Building and take them to two
storage units. The committee is looking for a new home large enough to house supplies for the
annual holiday giving effort.

The 26-member volunteer committee faces some
tough restrictions in its
search for a new home,
said Carol Baltimore of
Powhatan, a member of
the committee.
While members have
looked at several proper-

ties, they were either too
small or charge rent,
which the committee shies
away from because they
don’t want to use money
that has been donated for
the program for that expenditure.
The proposed budget
for the coming season’s
budget will not be set until
a new Christmas Mother is
named in August or September, Baltimore said.
The 2013 goal was
$35,000, which the committee did raise with “generous community support.”
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this year, Sowers said.
Other potential changes
for the nonprofit are “up in
the air” until organizers
know if they will find a
new location and, if so,
what size it will be, Sowers said.

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Sundays
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Mondays
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were set out yard sale
style and clients, who are
all approved by social
services, were notified
and could come “shopping” for what they needed for free.
“We can’t do that this
year. We gave everything
we had left over to the
Clothes Closet because
otherwise we would have
needed another storage
unit,” she said.
In an unrelated change,
the Christmas Mother’s
annual Christmas Parade,
which is traditionally held
the second Saturday in December, needs a new sponsor or it will not happen

said.
One change already has
been implemented with
the cancellation of an annual Shoppers’ Day that
formerly was held in early
December, said Pinckey
Sowers of Powhatan, this
year’s Christmas Mother,
who leads the program
for a one-year period.
While the holiday
boxes that go out are only
new items, the program
receives a great deal of
gently used items that
could be of service to
people on strict budgets,
she said.
At the annual Shoppers’ Day event, the items

O B I T UA R I E S
Howard Clark
CLARK, Howard E.,
80, of Powhatan, died May
28, 2014. He is survived
by his wife, Betty W.
Clark; two sons, Dale
Clark of Powhatan, Kenny
Clark of Cumberland; two
sisters, Asterie Holt of
Powhatan, Mamie Palmer
of Oklahoma; three grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. The family received friends on June 1 at
the Bennett & Barden Funeral Home, 3215 Anderson Hwy. (Rt. 60) in Powhatan. Funeral services
were held June 2 in Hobsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chapel United Methodist Church in Powhatan.
Interment church cemetery.

Thelma Cosby
COSBY, Thelma Muncy, 97, of Richmond, departed this
life June 3,
2014. She
was preceded in death
by her husband of 62 COSBY
years, Clifton
David Cosby; and her parents, Dr. Peery J. Muncy
and Eva Lumsden Muncy.
She was a long-time member of Westover Baptist
Church, where she taught
pre-school Sunday School
for 64 years, and Vacation
Bible School, rarely missing a Sunday until March
of this year. Thelma was
born in her family home on
3rd Avenue on September
20, 1916. She was a graduate of John Marshall High
School, 1933, and Richmond Business College,
1934, where she was a
member of the Pi Delta Phi
sorority. She worked in
secretarial positions for
several years after college.
Throughout the years she
remained close friends with
her sorority sisters. Thelma
was a devoted wife, mother,
friend and servant of the
Lord. She was loved by everyone who knew her, and
will be greatly missed. Her
family and her church were
her greatest loves. Thelma
is survived by her son, Da-

vid Cosby, daughter-in-law,
Claudia; her daughter, Marcia C. Geiger, son-in-law,
Mike; four grandchildren,
Jennifer Stump, husband,
Larry, Christopher, Andrew
and Katherine Cosby; six
great-grandchildren, India,
Nicole, Blair, Cheryl, Charlie and Shannon Stump;
one great-great-grandchild,
Trinity; and beloved cousins, Eileen Hollans and
Shirley Young. With no
brothers or sisters, Thelma
considered her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
family in Powhatan as her
own. The family received
friends on June 8, at the
Huguenot Chapel, Woody
Funeral Home, 1020 Huguenot Rd. The service was
held at Westover Baptist
Church, 1000 Westover
Hills Blvd., on June 9. Reception followed service.
Interment at Dale Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to
Westover Baptist Church,
P.O. Box 13408, Richmond, Va. 23225.

William Cupp
CUPP, William A., 67,
of Aylett, died Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at his
home. Born January 15,
1947 in Lexington, he
was a son of the late John
Wesley Cupp Sr. and May
Thurston Cupp. In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by his
wife, Roma Garrett Cupp.
Surviving are one son,
Christopher Cupp of
Rockville; one daughter,
Susan M. Sabloff and
husband, Ben, of Leesburg; one brother, John
W. Cupp Jr. of Concord,
North Carolina; two sisters, Sue E. McCoy of
Lexington and Rebecca
Lillywhite of Powhatan;
and his beloved grandchildren, Abigail, Livia
and Eli. A funeral service
was held on June 8 at Harrison Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was private at
Green Hill Cemetery.
Family received friends
one hour prior to the service. Arrangements by
Harrison Funeral Home
& Crematory, Lexington.

Alice Fisher
FISHER, Mrs. Alice
Gray, 76, of Powhatan, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, May 27, 2014. She
was born to
the late Jacob
and Martha
Gray.
She
was preceded
in death by
her brothers, FISHER
Charles and
Harold Gray. Alice is survived by her devoted husband, David M. Fisher; son,
David S. Fisher of Powhatan; daughter, Renaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fisher
of Powhatan; two brothers,
Junius L. Gray (Celestine)
of Glen Allen and Walter
H. Gray (Susie) of Goochland; and one great-uncle,
Thomas Mealy of Gum
Spring. She will be remembered by her nieces, nephews and a host of other devoted relatives and friends.
Her remains rested at the
Robert Mealy Funeral
Home in Goochland. Funeral services were held on
June 1 at Fauquier Baptist
Church, 2455 Dogtown
Road in Goochland. Pastor
Melvin Woodson, officiated. Interment Hollywood
Baptist Church Cemetery,
3794 Old Buckingham
Road in Powhatan.

Leonard Vimpeny
VIMPENY, Rev. Leonard Charles, 87, of Powhatan, passed away Saturday,
May 31, 2014, at his home.
He is survived by his
beloved wife
of 68 years,
Edna Marie
Huband Vimpeny: four VIMPENY
daughters and
sons-in-law, Rebecca and
Kenneth Hatcher of Powhatan, Ann and Gene Hatcher of Powhatan, Lynn and
Frank Higgs of Fredericksburg and Dr. Virginia and
Brian Lewis of Powhatan;
nine grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren, and a
sister, Betty King of Texas.
Leonard â&#x20AC;&#x153;Budâ&#x20AC;? was born in
Lakewood, Ohio on July
27, 1926. In 1943, at 17, he
enlisted in the U.S. Navy,

where he served in the Asiatic Pacific during WWII.
He was honorably discharged in 1946. He worked
at his dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ohio auto body
shop before moving to Virginia and being employed at
DuPont-Spruance. While
living in Chesterfield, he
served as 2nd Lieutenant in
the Bensley Volunteer Fire
Department. In 1951, he
transferred to the DuPont
Atomic Energy Plant on the
Savannah River and relocated the family to Aiken,
South Carolina. During this
Cold War Era, Leonard
served as Director of Civil
Defense for Aiken County,
and Director for South Carolina Civil Defense Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association. In this
position, he attended the
testing of two atomic detonations in Nevada. He also
built a model a model underground bomb shelter for
the City of Aiken. In 1961,
Leonard was licensed to
preach by Millbrook Baptist
Church. In 1963, he became
an ordained minister, pastored Tabernacle Baptist
Church, and graduated from
North Greenville College in
South Carolina. In 1965,
Leonard became the first
full-time pastor of Muddy
Creek Baptist Church, while
also pastoring Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church, both in
Powhatan County. Before
retiring from the ministry,
he pastored four additional
churches in West Virginia
and Virginia. After retiring,
he served as Director of
Missions for the Staunton
River Baptist Association,
as well as serving three additional churches on an interim basis. During his fulltime ministry, he founded
and served as director of
SERVE (a FEMA program
thrift store), DAWN (a food
supply thrift store), and
Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Storehouse in Danville, and was on the Board
of Directors for Alta Vistaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Faith Christian Academy.
He also created and administered The Scottie Young
Medical Fund. He was a
member of the VFW and
American Legion Post #201
in Powhatan County and a

past member of the Lynch
Station Ruritan Club. Leonard was a proud WWII veteran. Leonard was predeceased by his parents, Alvin
and Mildred Vimpeny; sisters, Janet Tite, Millie Trupo; half-sister, Corky Skidmore; and a brother, Allen
Vimpeny. The family received friends on June 2 at
the Bennett & Barden Funeral Home, 3215 Anderson
Hwy. (Rte. 60), Powhatan.
Funeral services were held
on June 3 in the Muddy
Creek Baptist Church, 3470
Trenholm Road in Powhatan. Interment church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to
Muddy Creek Baptist
Church Youth Fund or the
charity of your choice.

Frances Wallace
WALLACE, J. Frances,
85, of Powhatan, passed
away peacefully in her
home June 7, 2014. She is

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aturday’s graduation
ceremony for Powhatan High School students, combined with
Blessed Sacrament Huguenot
Catholic School’s May 31 ceremony, means that the next
chapter in life is here for several hundred local young men
and women.
The future ahead for these
students will be as diverse as
they are — college, trade
school, military service, travel,
immediately starting work.
Whatever their plans are,
parents should make sure that
their children are ready to take
the step forward into adulthood
with some basic financial information every adult needs to
know.
My senior year of high
school was spent exploring the
intricate world of calculus.
That I aced, but I would have
given you a blank stare if you
had asked me to write out a
budget for myself at that time.
Luckily, I saw some bad examples of people managing
their finances. So, even though
I didn’t know what to do, I was
aware of some good examples
of what not to do that kept me
from making any huge money
mistakes.
If you haven’t had a discussion with your child yet about
the big B’s — budgets and bills
— you are doing him or her a
disservice.
Unless you win the lottery
tomorrow, knowing how to
make what you earn cover
what you spend is going to be
part of your life until the day
you die.

If you aren’t sure where
to start, try knowing
how to balance a
checkbook, paying
bills, the difference
between necessities
and luxuries, the
value of a savings
account versus your
sock drawer, and the
fact that
just because
a credit card
company
thinks an 18year-old is ready to
have a high limit
credit card doesn’t
mean it’s the truth.
The last one was
amazing to me. It seemed
like every other week my mailbox had a letter telling me I
was pre-approved for another
credit card. I applied for a few
I didn’t need, and I still thank
my lucky stars I didn’t do any
real damage with them.
Just in case your children
don’t listen — hard to believe,
I know — make sure they understand how to read fine print
regarding interest rates, minimum payments, and late penalties.
Speaking of late penalties,
timing does matter.
Consistently being late to
pay bills can have some unpleasant side effects on a person’s finance, so help them figure out a method that works
for them to track what they
owe and when it is due.
Many colleges have this
nifty system where you (the
parents) put money in your
child’s account, they receive a
swipe card, and it works to buy
everything: food, smoothies,

Class of
2014

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Wednesday, June 11

Friday, June 13

Family story hours are held at Kay’s Krafters, a small branch of
10:30 a.m. at the Powhatan LiFrom the Heart Stitchers, will
brary on Monday and Wednesmeet from 1 to 5 p.m. For more
day. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8
information and location inforp.m. Monday, Wednesday and
mation call Donna at 804-598Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fri7514. Visit www.fromtheheartday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Satstitchers.org to find out more.
urday. Gaming days are held
from 3 to 6 p.m. on the first and Saturday, June 14
third Fridays of each month. The
library is closed on Sundays and Powhatan AA will meet at 8 p.m.
at Manakin Episcopal Church on
county holidays. For more inforHuguenot Trail.
mation, call 804-598-5670.
The WWII Round Table of Cen- Sunday, June 15
tral Virginia will meet at 7 p.m. at
St. John Neumann Catholic The United Daughters of the
Confederacy, Elliott Grays chapChurch located behind Flat Rock
ter 1877, will meet at 2 p.m. at
Village Shopping Center. All are
Italian Delight in the South
welcome.
Creek shopping center on Anderson Highway in Powhatan.
Thursday, June 12
County
Public Monday, June 16
Powhatan
Schools and the Powhatan
County Public Library launch Library family story hours (see
above). The library is closed on
their joint summer reading proSundays and county holidays. If
gram, “Paws to Read! Passport
you have any questions, call
to Summer Reading,” at 6 p.m.
804-598-5670.
for readers of all ages. For more
information, call 804-598-5670.

Tuesday, June 17

candy, over-priced groceries,
etc.
That system can be just as
dangerous as a credit card because the student doesn’t hold
the money in his or her hands.
If you don’t want several calls
a semester asking for a top up,
talk about being aware of their
purchases.
Self-control is one of the
most difficult skills to master.
Add to that suddenly finding
yourself without any direct
oversight and it has the potential to be a recipe for disaster.
Even though we think of
18- to 20-year-olds as young,
the decisions they make in the
next few years can have a ripple effect on their entire financial future. Let’s make those
good ripples.

The Powhatan Republican Committee’s monthly meeting will An AA meeting will be held at 8
p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal
be held every month at 7 p.m.
Church on Huguenot Trail.
(with a social mixer at 6:30 p.m.)
at Rosa’s Pizza Restaurant, 2470
The Eclectic Book Group will
Anderson Hwy in Powhatan.
meet at 10 a.m. at the Powhatan
Library. For more information
The Powhatan Rotary Club will
call 804-239-6403.
meet at 7:30 a.m. at the County
Seat Restaurant.

Wednesday, June 18

Powhatan Farmers Market is
held each Thursday from 4 to 7 The Women’s Club of Powhatan
will meet at 10 a.m. at the Powp.m. at 2470 Anderson Highway
hatan Armory. Call Sue Kornegay
near Tractor Supply. Fresh prowith questions at 804-598-1014.
duce, beef, seafood, baked
goods, eggs, pottery, jewelry,
soaps, wool, cut flowers and Library family story hours (see
above). For more information,
much more. For more informacall 804-598-5670.
tion check out the website at
thepowhatanfarmersmarket.
com.
Awaken to Hope Al-Anon meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at St.
John
Neumann
Catholic
Church.
Powhatan AA will meet at 8 p.m.
in the Powhatan Village Building.

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right to edit all items submitted.

If you are of the age that usually accompanies
high school or college graduation, you are probably
not going to listen to what I have to say to you. I’m
not sure I would have listened either when I was
your age. I will, however, try to pass along some
thoughts I have … not advice, but just food for
thought for you.
The best thing I could ask of you is to pay attention. Notice what is going on around you. Listen to
people, to those both older and younger than you.
Children as well as older people often have really interesting things to say. From children, these
nuggets are based on a brand new open-minded
outlook on life.
From older people, thoughts stem from having
lived a long time and from having observed life
first-hand. They have learned lessons from the process of living their lives. Some of their wisdom
could open your eyes to truths that may just stick
with you for the rest of your life.
Pay attention to nature. You can learn a lot from
taking time to watch animals. They are quite smart

and can teach us so much about how to live our
lives.
An interesting fact of nature is there are bullies,
weaklings, couples that love and nurture each other
and couples who mate for life.
There are those in the animal world who do the
hard work of just trying to support their families.
Some animals support themselves by stealing
from others who have worked extremely hard to
collect food for themselves and for their families.
These animals are disliked in their culture. Sound
familiar?
Pay attention to your ancestors and ask them
questions about their lives and the lives of your
relatives. Ask them about the happenings that had
an effect on them as they were growing up. You can
record their answers on your cell phone as a video,
or you can save their answers by writing them
down. These memories can later be passed along to
your children or younger relatives.
Once your relatives are gone, you will no longer
be able to ask them questions. This may sound obvious but it is important to realize.
Keep a journal of your thoughts and feelings. Be
sure to write in your journal what is happening with

your family and in the world around you. Start recording what you can remember from your earliest
age.
Journals don’t have to be fancy, just a paragraph
or two to express what is on your mind at the
time.
Pay attention to your studies and to what you
read. What seems irrelevant now just may be important to you later on. I didn’t believe it when my
parents told me this, but it is true.
Pay attention to your jobs and to your co-workers. Be sure to be someone who is liked by most
and admired by all.
Pay attention to the world around you. Occasionally put down the video games and cell phones
and pay attention to your surroundings. Interact
with others face to face, eye to eye.
Above all, pay attention to your dreams and try
to achieve them.
Notice what things excite you and make you
happy. Try to follow those dreams if you can.
If possible, try not to put off what you really
want to do because life really is short.
Hopefully the best is yet to come for you.
I wish you good luck and a happy journey.

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New group provides networking venue for women
By Laura McFarland
News Editor

Local business women have a
new outlet to network, share
problems and possibly make new
friends.
On June 3, the Powhatan
Chamber of Commerce launched
a new Professional Women’s
Networking group, which is designed to bring enterprising businesswomen together to help develop, nurture and support their
businesses, Marty Thompson,
ambassador for the chamber,
said.
Thompson said she was
thrilled with the turnout of 27
businesswomen who met for
lunch at Italian Delight to discuss
what they wanted out of the organization.
“We had very good turnout
and the overall contributions and
feedback were very positive,”
she said.
Angie Cabell, executive director of the chamber, said she
wants the group to be of value to
chamber members but also
something that could draw in
businesswomen from the com-

munity who don’t attend its other
functions.
“I want it to be fun and something they look forward to coming to each month. I want it to
stay fresh,” she said.
The group is still in its early
development.
Thompson’s goal with the
first meeting was to gauge what
the attendees wanted that would
make them keep coming back.
It was evident from the comments the women made as they
went around the room and introduced themselves that they saw
the group as more of a good business opportunity than another
social group.
Thompson had the attendees
introduce themselves and what
their companies do or can offer
to others in the community.
Susan Ash, owner of The
Complete Picture, said it would
be nice to have an outlet to meet
with other professional women
to share ideas and feel a sense of
camaraderie.
“I do hope it develops into a
monthly meeting, and I like one
idea mentioned of a give and take
of questions and problems,” Ash

said.
The monthly meeting plan
seemed to be the consensus,
Thompson said, although a regular schedule hasn’t been established.
Some of the women expressed
a preference for morning and
others for afternoon, so she said
she might rotate the meetings to
accommodate different preferences.
The next meeting is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
July 1, with a location to be announced.
What most impressed Linda
Dehmler, sales and leasing specialist with KW Commercial Realty, was the wide range of professions
and
industries
represented.
Women attending worked in
fields such as financial planning
and investment, fashion, nursing
home care, county government,
art lessons, life coaching, commercial and residential real estate, cleaning services and laboratory research.
“There was no duplication
with this many women. Every
person had a different business,”

PHOTO BY LAURA MCFARLAND

The Powhatan Chamber of Commerce’s first meeting on
Tuesday, June 3, of its new Women’s Networking group
attracted 27 women interested in sharing insights and
promoting their businesses.

she said. “I thought that was pretty amazing.”
The new kid on the block,
Adriana Zimbardo, said she was
about a week into her new position as sales and marketing assistant for Weightpack Inc. She
said she thought the idea would
be a good way to network and
introduce herself to the community.
During her introduction, Theresa Kelly, registered investment
adviser with Primerica, said she
liked that the group will be “a lot

of women helping each other.
Men are nice to work with too,
but I think women communicate
a little differently.”
Possibilities for the future include moving the time and locations each month, featuring different women talking about their
businesses and having an occasional guest speaker, Thompson said.
Organizers had no agenda at
the first meeting other than testing the waters about what people
were interested in seeing, Cabell
said. “I feel like we got that.”

Gardening in the Shade: Tips oﬀered on plants that will thrive
Special to Powhatan Today

T

here are plenty of
reasons to be drawn
to the bright, sunny
spots on our properties: colorful flowers, big
healthy vegetables and fastgrowing ground covers.
Perhaps you’ve spent
so much time planting in
those sunny areas that your
approach to any shady
spots is to throw down
some mulch and call it a
day.
But if you’re lucky
enough to have shaded areas, you still can have all of
the above and not have to
worry quite as much about

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partnering with local
churches, but most aren’t
large enough and November and December, when
the program is in full
swing, are generally their
busy times anyway, Baltimore said.
“Even if we get offered
a space, it might not be
big enough,” she said.
For the 13 years the
Christmas Mother program was located inside
the War Memorial Building, it had an office space,
storage space and the use
of the gymnasium to
spread out the gifts going
into the Christmas boxes,
Sowers said.
Between Nov. 1 and

the last time you applied
your sunscreen.
A shade garden can be
a tranquil, serene place to
escape from the heat of
day.
In gardening circles, the
exposure known as “full
shade” is defined as no
more than two to three
hours of direct sunlight per
day, with the light falling
either early or late in the
day.
Plants that thrive in
shade tend to:
Grow more slowly
and require less water, depending on their location.
Their slow growth also
means they need only a
simple, balanced fertilizer.
Prefer rich, improved

soils. (Many shade-loving
plants began as woodland
natives before they were
cultivated for the home garden.)
Need their space, despite what those glossy photos in the gardening magazines might illustrate. Good
air circulation through a
shade garden will cut down
on molds, fungus, slugs,
and insects.
Require less mulch
to retain moisture. In fact,
if you over-mulch a shade
garden, you risk the problems listed in the previous
bullet.
While it’s true that most
vegetables, flowering annuals and herbs require, at
a minimum, sun to part-

shade, there are many perennials and shrubs that
thrive in full shade. And
still more of those plants
not only flower but also
have striking foliage, with
interesting shapes, colors,
and textures.
Hostas and ferns are
long-time staples of shade
gardens, and the number
of varieties available now
are mind-boggling.
And while few plants
are truly deer resistant,
there are several hostas that
deer will generally avoid.
Other commonly known
shade-loving plants, such
as dicentra (bleeding heart)
and heuchera (coral bells)
offer new options for color
and growth.

Take some time to research the plants you’re
interested in and you’ll
find, for example, that a
more recent variety of dicentra, “Burning Heart,”
will bloom through summer, and that coral bells
now come in almost 50
different combinations of
foliage colors and shapes.
And there are more
choices for shade-loving
ground covers than simply
ivy and vinca. Plants such
as sweet woodruff, Irish
moss and creeping jenny
add interest to the edges of
walkways and gardens,
while low-maintenance
pachysandra will fill in the
beds under shade trees.
And don’t rule out an-

nuals for your shade garden; begonias, impatiens,
salvia and lobelia can add
even more color when
mixed with perennials.
Caladium
(elephant
ear) and coleus also thrive
in the shade, and, with
their large, multi-color
leaves, both plants add an
exotic look to your garden.
If you still have room in
your planting bed, why not
plant a few leafy greens
and herbs?
Most varieties of lettuce, spinach and kale need
the cooler, gentler sunlight
conditions found in partial
shade. Parsley, cilantro and
thyme can also make a
home in a shade garden.

mid-December, the gym
would be packed with
items that volunteer shoppers could use to fill a box
for a family using their
wish list, she said.
Most people in the area
know about the program’s
holiday offerings, but not
everyone realizes it is a
year-round program, she
said.
The program offers
people who meet certain
criteria help with services
such as prescription and
medical bills assistance,
emergency aid in cases of
disaster, heating assistance and bridging the gap
short term when someone
is about to start disability
but isn’t covered yet.
“It is truly an everyday
program.”

The committee also
gives a scholarship to a
graduating senior, helps
with clothes and school
supplies for children in need
identified by school guidance counselors, and contributes to other local organizations, Baltimore said.
At the moment, offering those services is almost impossible as all of
the program’s belongings
had to be quickly moved
into storage without really
being organized after they
received notice to move
out, Sowers said.
The Powhatan Christmas Mother program was
started in 1967 and continues to grow as needs
increase and the community steps up to meet them,
Shelton said.

Prior to 2002, when the
program moved into the
War Memorial Building,
it was the responsibility of
each Christmas Mother to
find a location to house it
during her year.
“We all did a happy
dance when they let us in
there because of what the
Christmas Mother has
gone through to find a
place each year,” she said.
Baltimore said it was
sad to leave the building
not only because it met
their needs but because “it
felt like home.”

tural Arts and Community
Center board of directors,
who bought the building
and have “wonderful
grand plans” for it. “They
need every inch to do what
they want to do, and I get
that.”
Despite the challenge
ahead, the committee is
choosing to have a positive outlook, she said.
They don’t want to see
the program reduced down
to an impersonal handing
out of gift cards or, worst
case scenario, cease operating altogether.
“Maybe our program
is elaborate in terms of
who we serve and how we
serve, but we are very protective of that concept,
and we want to do everything we can to keep it intact,” Shelton said.
Change is inevitable,
and reinvention isn’t always bad, Baltimore

agreed.
Relocating might present the opportunity to
take a closer look at the
program and make sure
organizers are operating
in a way that can be efficient while still being
personal.
The key thing is going
to be making sure the
Christmas Mother program is still here for years
to come helping people in
need in Powhatan County,
she said.
“We are not just helping anyone, we are helping
our neighbors and that
makes it more special.”
The program no longer
has a phone number.
For more information,
email powhatancec@verizon.net or go to www.
powhatanchristmasmother.org.

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said.
Once it launches, there are four additional programs planned throughout
the summer for people to attend.
Paws Around Belmead starts at 6 p.
m. June 26 at the historic building at
5004 Cartersville Road. Participants
will take a tour and learn how Belmead
is preserving open spaces to save animal
habitats.
Pelts and Paws starts at 6 p.m. July
10 at Powhatan State Park, 4616 Powhatan State Park Road. Visit the new
state park and learn from park interpreter Krista Weatherford about animal
paws and pelts and see some cool skeletons. The parking fee will be paid by
the Friends of the Library.
AWARE at the Courthouse Creamery will begin at 6 p.m. July 24 at Coffee
and Creamery, 3837 Old Buckingham
Road. Learn about AWARE’s rehabilitation of wild animals and taste a treat
from the local ice cream shop. In the

event of bad weather, the program will
meet in the Village Building. Check the
library website or school website, www.
powhatan.k12.va.us, for updates.
Paws at the Farmers Market begins at
5:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at Powhatan Farmers
Market located at the Tractor Supply in
Powhatan. See the 4-H club animals and
what the local farmers bring to market.
For more information, contact Tracey Ingle, English curriculum coordinator, at 804-598-5782 ext. 133, or tracey.
ingle@powhatan.k12.va.us, or Julia
Farmer, youth services coordinator, at
598-5670 or jfarmer@powhatanva.gov.

Paws to Read!

Keeping a positive
outlook
Shelton said the committee recognizes that
there wasn’t enough room
in the building for the program to operate alongside
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H E A RT B R E A K E R
Indians
softball
season ends
one game
short of state
tournament

Junior owns multiple
school records
By Mike Schoeﬀel
Sports Writer

By Mike Schoeﬀel
Sports Writer

Powhatan’s bid for a
regional and state championship ended on
Wednesday, June 4,
when it lost an eight inning heartbreaker to visiting Nansemond River
by a score of 2-1. A win
would have guaranteed
the Indians a birth in the
4A state tournament.
“We had opportunities, we just didn’t capitalize,” said head coach
Marie Crump. “That’s
really all there is to it.”
The Indians certainly
did have opportunities.
In the bottom of the
sixth, Harley Conner
was thrown out at home
plate while attempting
to score what would
have been the go-ahead
run. The throw was right
on the money and the
Nansemond River catcher applied the tag just as
Conner’s foot nipped the
front corner of home
plate. It was too close to
call - the definition of a
“bang-bang” play - but
the umpire offered no
sympathy for the Indians. Out.
“I’m not so sure about
that call,” said Crump.
“But you can’t blame it
all on that one play. We
had other chances to
score throughout the
game and weren’t able

Conway
on the
run

PHOTO BY JOHN BEEBE

Powhatan starting pitcher Maddie Hutchison threw well in the regional semifinal against
Nansemond River, but the Indians fell to the visitors from Suffolk 2-1 in eight innings. The
loss eliminated Powhatan from postseason contention, ending their season one game short
of the state tournament.

to come away with a run
when we needed one.”
An inning later, the
Indians had another
prime opportunity to
capture the victory. They
loaded the bases with
only one out and were
on the brink of advancing to the South Region
championship game.
Christina Boyles lifted a short fly ball to the
outfield, prompting the
runner on third, Maddie
Hutchison, to tag up. As
the Warriors right fielder
made the catch, Hutchison broke toward home.
But she had a change of
heart half way down the
line. As the throw sailed

harmlessly over the Crump, who usually re- eighth.
catcher’s head, Hutchi- mains stone-faced, threw
The Indians put a
runner on first in the bottom of the inning and
threatened to make
“We had other chances
amends for the host of
runners they stranded
to score throughout the game
during the sixth and the
and weren’t able
seventh. But the winds
of fate were with Nanseto come away with a run
mond River on this
when we needed one.”
muggy afternoon. PowMarie Crump
hatan’s potential rally
was killed on a pop out
to second base, prompting the Warriors to celeson was in full-on retreat up her arms in exaspera- brate.
to third base. After a tion.
For the Indians, it’s a
mad scramble, the tag
The Warriors brought painful and unfortunate
was laid on Hutchison home the eventual game end to a season that
as she slid back into winning run on a sacrithird. Out. Again. Even fice fly in the top of the See INDIANS page 3B

Powhatan High School
varsity track star Austin
Conway’s love of running
can be traced back to a punishment handed down by a
football coach.
“In seventh grade, when
I was living in another state,
my football coach had us
run a mile as conditioning,”
recalled Conway. “And for
some reason that day I decided to run as hard as I
could no matter what. I ran
around a 5:27. The coach
said I was doing track in the
spring no matter what.”
“The rest,” added Conway. “is history.”
Four years, countless
hours of training, and one
relatively serious injury later, Conway has shaved more
than a minute off of the time
he posted on that memorable day back in middle
school. In fact, when he ran
the mile in a brisk 4:26 this
spring, he set a new Powhatan High School record.
He called the moment “his
fondest memory” from the
spring season..
That is no meaningless
claim, considering he has
celebrated many notable accomplishments durin his
high school career, including qualifying for the 4A
state meet. He also captured
two other school records in
the 800m (1:59.83) and
1600m (4:26.25) Last fall,
he was a member of the first
cross country team in Powhatan High School history
See CONWAY page 3B

Ten questions with . . . Melissa Rundstrom
One of county’s
top softball
pitchers talks
about her career
By Mike Schoeﬀel
Sports Writer

During this past season, Melissa Rundstrom was one half of a
dynamic pitching duo
for the Powhatan varsity softball team that
held the opposition to
PHOTO BY JOHN BEEBE less than two runs per
Melissa Rundstrom was one of the Powhatan varsity game. Maddie Hutchison was the other half
softball team’s top pitchers during the 2014 season.

of that potent pair and
the two have been giving opposing lineups
fits for the past two
springs.
The Indians’ season
— and Rundstrom’s
varsity career — ended
on June 4 with a loss in
the regional seminfinal
to Nansemond River.
Despite the heartbreaking defeat, Rundstrom
was kind enough to talk
with the Powhatan Today about her dynamic
repertoire, her postgraduation plans, and
the sense of pride she

enjoyed from being
part of one of the most
successful softball programs in the state.
What does it meanto be a part of one of
the greatest softball
programs in the Commonwealth? Specifically, what does it
mean to be a successful pitcher in a program that has produced so many great
ones in the past?
Powhatan is known
for its softball. I believe
that comes from a strong
youth program in PYAA

and travel ball programs
throughout the Richmond area which produces the players that
end up playing on the
middle, J.V., and varsity
teams. I also believe
that our community is
one of the best around,
with involved parents
and coaches. Although
the players are not produced at the high school
level, it is still an honor
to be able to play for
one of the greatest softball programs in the
See HURLER page 3B

Powhatan basketball camp set for end of June
Contributed Report
Powhatan High School
will host a basketball
camp at the end of the
month.
The camp will be split
into two sessions. The
first session will take
place from June 23-26.
The second will take place
from June 30-July 3.

Swinging Back for Anna still accepting registrations
There is still time
to sign up for home
run derby beneﬁt

distance, (second through
eighth grade, baseball and
softball). Each hitter participating in any of the three
events must find a sponsor
to donate money on their
behalf. Entry into any of the
events is free unless a hitter
can’t find a sponsor, in
which case he/she must pay
a $30 entry fee. If possible,
the sponsor should be there
the day of the event so the
donation can be collected at
the conclusion of the event.
However, if the sponsor is
not present, they can donate

Contributed Report
Name: Swinging Back
for Anna
Date: June 14
Location:
Fighting
Creek Park
Time: Dependent upon
event
Events: Adult slow pitch
home run derby, high school
home run derby (baseball
and softball), donation by

directly on Anna Guthrie’s
Go Fund Me website. Guthrie suffers from prader willi
syndrome, a rare disease
that has caused multiple
health problems prompting
expensive treatments.
Adult home run derby:
Slo-pitch softball format.
Check in at 11 a.m. Start
time 11:30 a.m. on Blue
Field. Hitters will be split
into two groups. Each hitter
gets 10 outs to hit as many
home runs as possible. Foul
balls count as outs. Sponsors will donate money per

home run. The hitter with
the most home runs in each
group will move on to a
championship round. In
case of a tie the hitters will
then get 10 swings to hit as
many home runs as they
can. Winner will be presented with a trophy.
High school home run
derby (baseball/softball):
Check in at 10 a.m. Start
time 10:30 a.m. on Green
Field. There will be a baseball group and a soft ball
group. Each hitter will get
10 outs to hit as many home

runs as he or she can. Foul
balls count as outs. Sponsors will donate money per
home run. The hitter with
the most home runs from
baseball and softball will be
presented with a trophy. In
case of a tie, each hitter will
get 10 swings.
Donation by distance
(baseball/softball): Check
in 10 a.m. Start time 10:30
a.m. on Blue Field. Each
hitter gets five hits. Sponsors will donate money per
foot the ball is hit. The farthest hit out of five attempts

will be recorded for donation purposes. For example:
If the sponsor pledges $1
per foot and the ball goes
250 feet, the hitter just
raised $250 for Anna and
her family. Each hitter will
get a participation medal.
T-shirts: There will be
“Swinging Back for Anna”
event shirts for $10. All
money raised from t-shirt
sales goes directly to the
Guthrie family.
Contact Kaitlyn Crane
at Kaitlyn.crane@yahoo.
com to sign up for the
event.

Top, Powhatan High School infielders gathers around starting pitcher
Maddie Hutchison prior to the beginning of the second inning. Bottom,
Indians’ third baseman Addi Johnson awaits a throw from the outfield
while a Glen Allen High School runner slides in safely behind her.

Hurler: ‘I will attend Radolph-Macon College this fall and play for the R-MC Yellowjackets softball team.’
Continued from page 1B

Commonwealth.
If you could, sum up
your approach to pitching in a sentence or
two.
Knowing that my job
is to make it difficult for a
batter to hit and not to
strike out every batter is
important. I approach the
mound calmly and with
confidence. Staying focused and not getting
rattled by fans, hits or
even errors is key.
You and Maddie
Hutchison were quite a
dynamic duo in the circle this season. What
has been the key to your
success? What do you
offer that she doesn’t,
and vice versa?
Teamwork and support are the keys to our
success. Believing in one
another, as well as believing in your defense is
critical to good teamwork. Maddie and I respect one another as
pitchers and we work together to do the best we
can for our team. Our
pitching styles are different and we are both effective when the right pitches are called on any given
batter. We both throw the
same six pitches. Personally, I believe Maddie has
a great change-up and
curve ball. I believe my
best pitches are my screw
ball and drop ball. We
have both worked hard
this year on our rise ball
which has also been effective.
What was the chemistry like on this year’s
team? You all seemed to
be perfectly in tune
with one another on the

field.
Friendship and respect for one another
make for great chemistry. The team is made up
of girls that we grew up
with in school as well as
playing together and
against each other in
travel ball, especially the
seven seniors. We respect
one another’s abilities
and trust one another to
do their job when the
time comes. Without
trust, some of the plays
we had this year would
not have happened. Also,
we try to have as much
fun as we are allowed to
when on the field and I
believe that brings us together as a team.
What lessons have
you learned from playing under someone with
as much experience as
coach Marie Crump?
That’s a tough one.
Coach Crump is not the
typical coach I have had

PHOTO BY JOHN BEEBE

Melissa Rundstrom (13) poses with her teammates after winning the
Conference 19 title. The Indians finished the season with a 20-2 record.

say that my skin is thicker after my years of playing PHS softball, which
should serve me well in
college.

drop ball and a developing rise ball. I think I am
most confident in my
screw ball on a daily basis. On any given day,
though,
one
pitch can be
better
“Knowing that my job is to make it working
than another so
difficult for a batter to hit and not to strike I can have more
dence in
out every batter is important. I approach confi
one pitch one
the mound calmly and with confidence. day and anothStaying focused and not getting rattled er the next.
Knowing
by fans, hits or even errors is key.”
which pitches
Melissa Rundstrom
are
working
and
which
pitches are not
is important in
every game.
Do you have any
How many pitches
over the years in travel
ball. The relationship as- do you have in your softball idols who you
pect is radically differ- repertoire? Which one attempt to model your
ent. With coach Crump, do you have the most game after?
No, I don’t really have
it is all business, and confidence in?
any
one particular player
I
have
six
pitches
in
having fun and being
laid back while playing my repertoire which in- that I try to model my
is not an option. It’s clude a fast ball, change- game after. I just love the
more like a job. I will up, curve ball, screwball, game and have a lot of

respect for every player
and every position. I
think that most of all, my
dad is one of my idols,
since he is the one who
worked with me to teach
me to pitch, and believed
in me even when I didn’t.
He pushed me when I
needed it, and gave me
the confidence I have
when I get on the
mound.
Who has the best
nickname on this year’s
team?
We didn’t really have
any set nicknames for
anyone on the team this
year. The only one I can
really think of is that
we’d call Valarie Fridley
“Val Pal.” We just really
shorten everyone’s name
so it’s easier to say. So
we’d called Ryan Kirtner
“Ry,” McKenzie Barrett
“Emmie,” and I’d be
called “Liss.”

If you could get two
free tickets to any sporting event, what would it
be?
That’s easy, the NCAA
Women’s College Softball World Series. I’m in
awe at the level of play in
those games and watch
every game I possibly
can. A lot of people do
not realize the speed,
agility and determination
it takes to play softball.
The overall athleticism
of the girls in the WCWS
is amazing and I would
be an honor to get to
watch them play.
What are your postgraduation plans? Do
you want to pitch in college?
I will attend Randolph-Macon College
this fall, and will play for
the R-MC Yellow Jackets
softball team. I would
love to pitch and play
first base. The team has a
lot of talented players
and I hope to be an asset
to the team. I am looking
forward to the future and
the challenges that college will bring, both academically and on the
field. I plan to major in
business in the Honors
Program at R-MC, and
would love to have a future in professional
sports
management.
Softball is my passion,
but I love baseball, football and hockey, too, and
hope to have a career in
one of them. Whatever I
end up doing in my career, I am confident that
the education and lessons I learn at RandolphMacon will prepare me
for a bright future.

Indians: Powhatan finishes season 20-2

Conway: Mile is Conway’s favorite event

Continued from page 1B

Continued from page 1B

seemed destined to stretch
deep into the 4A state
playoffs. Powhatan thoroughly dominated the
competition during the
regular season, recording
seven shutouts and scoring 10 or more runs in 11
games. They didn’t slow
down against stiffer competition in the postseason, either, outscoring
their opponents 26-6
through the first round of
regionals.
The Indians relied on

a brilliant mixture of
lights-out pitching from
Hutchison and Melissa
Rundstrom (a duo that
averaged less than two
runs allowed per game),
a fundamentally sound
defense, and a lineup that
offered more pop than
perhaps any Crumpcoached team over the
past half-decade.
The Indians highpowered offense ran into
a hurler who was completely in tune with her
game in Nansemond River’s Lauren Maddrey.

The Indians managed six
hits off of Maddrey on
the day, but it was apparent from the plethora of
late swings and swinging
strikeouts that she was
bringing more heat than
perhaps any pitcher the
Indians have faced this
season.
Hutchison was just as
effective in the circle for
the Indians She went the
distance, spreading eight
hits over eight innings and
allowing only two runs.
The Indians finish the
season with a 20-2 record.

to qualify for the state
meet. When pressed to
name his best event, he
stuck to the event that
first got him into the
sport: the mile.
“It’s fast enough
where you can’t sit and
wait around like the
longer distances,” said
Conway. “But long
enough where you have
to be tactical and really
plan out how you will
run. That fits my running style rather well.”
During his literal

run to multiple state
meets and school records, Conway has
learned a number of
useful lessons that he
applies to his everyday
life.
“Track is great because within every
type of race is a new
lesson. Track has
taught me to never give
up, hold through with
your promises, chase
your dreams and aspirations, never underestimate any opponent or
task, and that we can

achieve anything if we
truly believe we can do
it.”
Above all else, running has taught Conway how to push on
through the pain.
“While it is sheer
pain and torture, the
feeling of giving your
absolute best effort after a run or race is
worth more than any
of the pain you can endure during it. And,
eventually, you learn
to love beating the
pain.”

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PUBLIC MEETING: Location is the Village Building, 3910 Old Buckingham Rd.,
Powhatan, VA 23832, June 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM.
PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING: For the Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) to discuss technical issues related to the permit application submitted by
Nutri-Blend Inc., 2353 Charles City Road, Richmond, VA 23231, to apply biosolids in
Powhatan County, VA. “Biosolids” is a term that refers to solid, semisolid, or liquid materials
removed from municipal sewage and treated to be suitable for recycling as fertilizer.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: June 20, 2014 through July 23, 2014.
PROPOSED PERMIT NAME: Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit for Nutri-Blend,
Inc. issued by DEQ, under the authority of the State Water Control Board.

2. Ordinance O-2014-16 amending Appendix A of the Powhatan County
Code of Ordinances to revise the provisions related to utility water rates
and other minor changes; AND

3. Ordinance O-2014-17 amending Chapter 38 (Emergency Services),
Section 67 (Service Fees, Termination of Response ad Reinstatement
of Service), Section 68 (Exceptions to Section 67) and Section 70
(Payment of Fees) of the Powhatan County Code of Ordinances to revise
the provisions related to the false alarm fees by revising the fee structure
and other minor changes of service effective July 1, 2014.

35792-01

A copy of the full text of each proposed ordinance is on ﬁle and may be reviewed
at the Powhatan County Administrator’s Ofﬁce located at 3834 Old Buckingham
Road, Suite A, Powhatan, Virginia, during normal business hours.

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE
3361 Duke Road,
Powhatan, VA 23139

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PURPOSE OF NOTICE: To announce a public meeting and seek public comment on
a Virginia Pollution Abatement permit application to allow the land application of biosolids in
Powhatan County, Virginia.

The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors, pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427
and 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia, will conduct public hearings in the Village
Building Auditorium, located at 3910 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan, Virginia, at
7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 16, 2014. The purpose of these public hearings is to
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hearings should contact the Powhatan County Administrator’s Ofﬁce at (804)
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nutrient management plan that will be developed for each site. The applicant proposes to
utilize biosolids on farmland without a discharge to surface waters.
HOW TO COMMENT: DEQ accepts written comments by e-mail, fax or postal mail.
All comments must be in writing and must be received by DEQ during the comment period
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By virtue of the power and authority
contained in a Deed of Trust dated February 25, 2014, and recorded in Deed
Book 700, Page 1076 in the Clerk’s Office for the Circuit Court for Powhatan,
VA, securing a loan which was originally $232,000.00. The appointed SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, Commonwealth Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at public
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the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, lying
and being situate in the Macon Magisterial District of Powhatan County, Virginia containing 12.559 acres, more or
less, as more particularly described by
a certain plat of survey made by Woodrow K. Cofer, Inc., Certified Land Surveyor, dated April 27, 1998 and entitled
"Plat Showing 12.559 Acres of Land Lying on The West Line of State Route No.
715, Macon District - Powhatan County,
VA", a copy of which is attached and
recorded with the deed in Deed Book
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for a particular description. Being the
same property conveyed to Robert
Felts and Gail W. Felts by deed from
Randall A. Moss and Renee Moss, dated
October 16, 1998 and recorded October
27, 1998 in the Clerks’ Office, Circuit
Court of Powhatan County, Virginia, in
Deed Book 370, page 438., and as more
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TERMS OF SALE: The property will be
sold "AS IS," WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND
SUBJECT TO conditions, restrictions,
reservations, easements, rights of way,
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of $23,000.00, or 10% of the sale price,
whichever is lower, in cash or cashier’s
check payable to the SUBSTITUTE
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sale. The balance of the purchase
price, with interest at the rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from
the date of sale to the date said funds
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fifteen (15) days of sale. In the event of
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Powhatan County Schools is accepting
applications for the position of VISTA
(Volunteers in Service to America) Program Coordinator. The member will be
instrumental in establishing and developing a mentoring program. This position is full time. Benefits of VISTA
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HEALTH CARE & SOCIAL SERV.
IN HOME SUPPORT SPECIALISTS:
Goochland-Powhatan Community Services has several part-time
openings
available
in
the
Goochland,
Powhatan,
and
Mechanicsville/Hanover areas.
Earn $10.15 per hour working
with people with intellectual disabilities in their homes afternoons/evenings.
Experience preferred, but will train the
right person. Valid VA driver’s license and acceptable record required. Open until filled. Visit
www.gpcsb.org for application
and description, or call 804-5565400. EOE.